Table 3.
Percentage Distributions for Number of Income Sources and Number of Asset Types, by Key Characteristics for 2001 MHAS Sample (1, 2)
| Characteristics | % distribution for the number of income sources | % distribution for the number of asset types | |||||||
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| 0 (3) | 1 | 2 | 3 + | 0 (3) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 + | |
| Total 2001 (n=12,405) | 12.7 | 45.3 | 31.8 | 10.2 | 7.0 | 24.6 | 33.3 | 23.3 | 11.8 |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 9.5 | 45.1 | 33.6 | 11.8 | 4.5 | 21.5 | 34.3 | 26.1 | 13.7 |
| Female | 15.4 | 45.5 | 30.3 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 27.3 | 32.4 | 20.9 | 10.2 |
| Urbanized | |||||||||
| Less | 14.3 | 41.4 | 32.2 | 12.1 | 5.5 | 24.1 | 32.6 | 26.5 | 11.4 |
| More | 10.8 | 49.8 | 31.3 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 25.3 | 34.1 | 19.7 | 12.2 |
| Age | |||||||||
| 50–59 | 10.0 | 47.3 | 34.1 | 8.7 | 4.6 | 22.1 | 32.3 | 26.9 | 14.2 |
| 60+ | 15.0 | 43.6 | 29.9 | 11.5 | 9.1 | 26.8 | 34.2 | 20.2 | 9.8 |
| School years | |||||||||
| 0 | 19.7 | 42.3 | 28.8 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 31.4 | 34.3 | 20.3 | 5.1 |
| 1 to 5 | 10.9 | 45.2 | 33.5 | 10.4 | 6.4 | 25.0 | 34.6 | 24.8 | 9.3 |
| 6 | 11.4 | 50.0 | 29.9 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 20.6 | 34.7 | 26.4 | 11.4 |
| 7+ | 5.5 | 46.4 | 35.3 | 12.8 | 5.2 | 16.0 | 28.0 | 22.9 | 28.0 |
| Medical insurance | |||||||||
| Yes | 7.6 | 46.2 | 33.4 | 12.7 | 7.1 | 23.0 | 34.1 | 22.4 | 13.4 |
| No | 18.1 | 44.3 | 30.1 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 26.4 | 32.3 | 24.3 | 10.1 |
| Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) (4) | |||||||||
| No | 11.6 | 45.9 | 32.2 | 10.3 | 6.6 | 23.9 | 33.6 | 23.7 | 12.2 |
| Yes | 23.9 | 39.8 | 27.6 | 8.8 | 11.4 | 31.5 | 29.5 | 19.6 | 8.0 |
| Number of diseases | |||||||||
| 0 | 12.3 | 48.1 | 30.5 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 24.6 | 33.7 | 25.0 | 11.0 |
| 1 | 10.6 | 45.3 | 32.8 | 11.4 | 7.1 | 23.8 | 32.1 | 23.1 | 13.9 |
| 2 | 13.1 | 42.3 | 32.4 | 12.3 | 6.2 | 24.2 | 37.0 | 20.4 | 12.1 |
| 3+ | 12.0 | 41.1 | 35.4 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 26.0 | 28.6 | 24.1 | 7.7 |
Source: Tabulations using the 2001 Mexican Health and Aging Study, weighted statistics.
Notes:
(1)
Excludes individuals with indirect (proxy) interview, and those with
(2)
For couple-households, each person of the couple is assigned the
(3)
The 0 category includes no income/no assets and income/assets with a negative balance. Categories 1+ count income sources/asset types with positive balances.
(4)
1 = Has difficulty with at least one ADL: bathing or showering, eating, getting into or out of bed, 0 = No difficulty with ADLs.